MONSON, John (1600-1683), of Burton, nr. Lincoln, Lincs.; later of Broxbourne, Herts.

Family and Education

b. 8 Sept. 1600,Bodl. Ashmolean ms 176/10. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Monson* of Burton, and Margaret, da. of Sir Edmund Anderson, c.j.c.p. 1582-1605, of Flixborough, Lincs. and Eyworth, Beds. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682. educ. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621. SP77/14, f. 461. m. (settlement 10 Apr. 1627, with £3,000)Lincs. AO, Mon. 1/13/1. Ursula (bur. 10 Dec. 1692), da. of Sir Robert Oxenbridge I* of Hurstbourne Priors, Hants, 1s. d.v.p. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682; Suss. Arch. Colls. viii. 229. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 21 May 1641. C142/606/42. d. 29 Dec. 1683. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 682.

Offices Held

J.p. Lincs. 1625 – 46, 1660 – d., Herts. by 1670–d.; C231/4, f. 192; C220/9/4; C193/12/3, 4; Cal. Sessions Bks. ed. W. Le Hardy (Herts. Recs. vi), 524. recvr. (jt.), duchy of Lancaster lands in Lincs. 1626–8; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 188–9. commr. Forced Loan, Lincs. 1626–7, Lincs. AO, 2 ANC 8/14; C193/12/2, ff. 31v, 32v, 33v. sewers, Lincoln, Lincs. 1627 – 29, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 1629 – 37, 1660 – 70, River Gleane, Lincs. 1631, Ancholme, Lincs. 1634 – 35, Gt. Fens 1635–42,C181/3, f. 228v; 181/4, ff. 16v, 39v, 83, 170, 174v, 201; 181/5, ff. 9v, 16v, 87, 223; 181/7, pp. 76, 543, 558. knighthood fines, Lincs. 1630–2, E178/7154, f. 66; 178/5414, ff. 5, 9, 13; E198/4/32, f. 2v. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1631 – 42, 1660 – 73, Lincs. 1661, Surr. and Suss. 1669 – 71, Herts. and Essex 1671 – 73, swans, Lincs. 1635;C181/4, ff. 70, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4, 14, 220; 181/7, pp. 15, 121, 493, 570, 595, 639, 642. collector for St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. by 1637; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 512. commr. array, Lincs. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133; HMC Buccleuch, i. 528. assessment (Lindsey) 1660 – 61, 1663 – 64, Lincs. 1661 – 63, 1664–d., SR, v. 215, 334, 461, 534, 762, 815, 911. loyal and indigent officers, 1662, SR, v. 383. corporations 1662–3; J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 173. v. adm. Yorks. 1660–9; Vice Adms. of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 52. dep. lt. Lincs. 1660-at least 1670. SP29/11, f. 208; 29/60, f. 144v; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 466; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/5; Mon 19/7/2/1.